Motion picture screen



y 1932- I c. w. EBELING 1,860,323

' MOTION PICTURE SCREEN Filed A ril 1 1931. 2' Sheets-Sheet 1 CZWELES 2795mm members so that the screen may be disposed scribed and claimed, it being understood that N n STATES CHARLES w. EBELING, on NEW YORK, N. Y., nssienort r0 GENERAL TALKING- ricrunns PATENT OFFICE CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, Y., A OORPORATION OF DELAWARE MOTION PICTURE scannn Application iiled April 1, 1931. Serial No. 527,618.

N The present invention relates to improvements in motion picture screens, one object of the invention being the provision of a portable support therefor, whereby when the screen is not in use the support is readily knocked down and collapsed to be stored for easy. shipment, or portability.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a trunk carried portable screen and mount in which the trunk per se forms the main base, and which when the screen is in use, supports the adjustable and collapsible in the desired position during the projection of pictures, yet permitting the screen to be readily knocked down and the supporting .portions thereof collapsed and placed within the trunk.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter dechanges in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Inthe accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete mountwith the screen in position, a portion of one wall of the trunk thereby being broken away to show the pedestal carried bodily.

Figure 2 is a; rear elevation of the screen and the support thereof. Figure 3 is an enlarged view of'the arm supporting casting per se and Figure 4 is a view showing the screen collapsed in the trunk.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 4 designates the trunk provided with a-lid 5.

Attached. tothe bottom wall 6 of the trunk and central of the trunk is .a metal casting forrning apedestal 7 having the attaching lugs '8 and the central ripwardlyprojecting apertured boss 9. i

In order to provide a removable standard or support, two rods 10 and 11 are-telesco- 9 and thusfsupport the rods 10 and 11 in avertical position. 5 A screen supporting casting 13 is provided with a channeled lug 14 to receive the upper end of the rod 11 which maybe adjustably',

attached therethrough through: the medium of a thumb screw 15. By this means the casting 13 is supported at the desired height above the trunk.

. Formed inthe body of the casting 13 adjacentthe respective corners thereof and at a slight incline are four bores 16 to receive the inner ends of the respective supporting rods or arms '17, which inner ends are anchored in the proper .adjusted relation by 7 means of-thumb screws 18. j

. A motion picture screen 19 preferably rec tangular in shape and provided with grum- Ine'ts 20 adj acent'thecorners thereof is adoptedto have the grummets fit over an outward- 1y bent or hooked terminal 21 of the arms or rods 17 which rods are then adjusted Ion, gitudinally to stretch and hold the screen in proper position for projection.- This screen when not in use is adapted to be folded centrally and longitudinally into a double thickness and then rolled from one end so as to be readily packed within the trunk 4. i From the foregoin description taken in connection with the that with the present device a desirable adjunct to a' portablefmption picture ap aratus is provided and one wherein a tru k or container is made to serve two purposes, that i is to transportably nsuppdrt the screen and 5 its mount in knocked down shape or to act as a base for the mount when, the same is holding the screen for use.

What is claimed is: L

1. (Lips herein described portable picture screen including a, pedestal having anopenended socket, a tubular standard detachably mounted therein, a rectangular. casting provided with a channeled lug centrally of and upon one side thereof for re- 95 ceiving the upper end of such standard, four thumb. screws mounted adjacent the corners of said casting, four supporting rods adjustpically attached as at 12 so that thelower end hbly attached to the casting b said thumb to er the rod10 may be projected into the boss screws, said rods when extende and formingrawings, it is evident motion to I the four diagonalsof the castin the ends thereof being bent outwardly to orm hooks,

\ and amotion picture screen adapted to en- I gage said hooks to be held in extended posi- J tion by said rods.

2. The herein described portable motion picture screen as claimed-in claim 1, in which the pedestal is mounted within atrunk, the dimensions of which are such that the open l0 ended socket is below the upper edges of the sidewalls thereof, while the lateral length of the pedestal is substantially the width of the trunk, thetrunk forming with the pedestal'a'n additional base; In testimon whereof I afiix my signature. v HARLES W. EBELING.

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